New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Salt

Manufacturer Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)

CultureAmerican

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 5/16 x 3 1/4 in. (5.9 x 8.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4057

Not on view

DescriptionLacy salt of pressed faintly opalescent glass. Oval strawberry diamond on a rectangular base with claw feet. Scalloped rim. Neal pattern OP2a.

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 250, No. OP2a. McKearin, pl. 166.